The Under-Reporting of Male Depression in America: Whats wrong with Daddy?

Whats wrong with Daddy? Sadness isnt macho -- this Eric Weaver knew. When depression engulfed the Rochester, New York, police sergeant, it took ...Full Article

Expert Advice for Mens Depression

Consult our resource guide below for expert answers and advice:The National Institute of Mental HealthReal Men. Real DepressionWhat Is Depression? What Causes It? How to Help YourselfSigns and Sympto...Full Article

Heart Disease Risk Factor #7: Depression

In one of the strongest indications of the power of the mind to influence the body, a growing collection of evidence finds that people who are depressed have a significantly higher risk of developing ...Full Article

Diagnosing Depression

How do you know if youre just feeling blue or if youre truly depressed? Everybody has a day or two when they feel some sadness, says Edward J. Cumella, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and director of r...Full Article

How to Help a Depressed Loved One

The most important thing you can do for a family member or friend who is depressed is to help him or her get an appropriate diagnosis and treatment. This may involve encouraging him or her to stay wit...Full Article

Help Yourself Through Hard Times

Some years ago I had what most would call the American Dream: a thriving construction business, a comfortable home, two new cars and a sailboat. Moreover, I was happily married. I had it all. Then the...Full Article

Forgiving the Unforgivable: The Power of Making Peace

Betty Ferguson did what most of us probably couldnt do: She forgave her childs killer.After 16-year-old Debbies 1975 murder, Ferguson grew so despondent she drank herself to sleep every night, and neg...Full Article

Facts About Depression

In any given one-year period, 9.5% of the population, or about 18.8 million American adults, suffer from a depressive illness. The economic cost for this disorder is high, but the cost in human suffer...Full Article

Developing Coping Skills

When you are faced with a painful emotional experience, try one or more of the proven stress relievers listed below:Talk to a trusted friend, family member, or religious counselor about whats troublin...Full Article

Turn Depression into Joy

Depression is the most prevalent disease of our time. Under the guise of informing the public, both the medical profession and the media are constantly warning us of the dangers and probabilities of t...Full Article

Suicide Prevention: 12 Universal Laws

The Law of PermanenceSuicide is always a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Always. Even if it doesnt look or feel temporary, it is. Also, you dont get to come back. You dont get to see how ma...Full Article

How to Put an End to Depression

Depression can have many, many faces. If you are not aware of your feelings and emotions on a daily basis then it can creep up on you and cause misery in your life when you least expect it.We get sad...Full Article

Depression: 14 Universal Laws for Recovery

The Law of BlueJust sort of feeling blue, kinda out of it, gets confused with being depressed. We all get the blues from time to time, and they pass.The Law of SadFeeling sad, while not pleasant, make...Full Article

How to Get Rid of Your Worries: 5 Golden Rules and a Warning

Suresh was a worried person when he came to me . "Sir what if I dont get placement ? I feel that I will fail in the coming exam. I dont know how my family will face this!" It seemed to me ...Full Article

Efficacy and Safety of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression Published in Journal

On September 1st, the efficacy and safety of vagus nerve stimulation for depresssion was published in the prestigious peer reviewed journal of Biological Psychiatry.The data from the pivotal clinical ...Full Article

5 Surefire Tips to Beat Depression Now

Being lonely is a normal part of our everyday lives... We get sad when we fail in our exams, when were rejected by the person we love, or when someone very close to us passes away.Depression, however,...Full Article

Biological Psychiatry Confirms of Efficacy and Safety of VNS Therapy for Depression

The September 1, 2005 issue of Biological Psychiatry confirmed the efficacy and safety of vagus nerve stimulation for chronic or recurrent treatment-resistant depression. The U.S. Food and Drug Admin...Full Article

Seven Steps to Good Mental Health

Psychological well-being is something that we all have a right to. However, for a variety of reasons to do with upbringing, life experiences, physiology, environment and so on? we often find ourselves...Full Article

Depression Explained

Depression is a mental state marked by melancholy, pessimism or dejection.Depression can also be defined as a psychotic condition characterized by stuporous withdrawal from reality and intense guilt f...Full Article

Mental Health Stigma - What Can We Do About It?

What is Stigma? Stigma is the use of stereotypes and labels when describing someone, and it is often attached to people who suffer from mental health issues. We dont fully understand how the brain wor...Full Article